Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Horde’

Written by Scott Edwards

​With almost every device including a camera these days, so many people think that they can take that million-dollar photo, but they are so wrong. There is so much that goes into taking a good picture that people do not understand. I remember taking a photography class growing up and I dealt with more black and white than color photos and learned so much about how to capture the moment. While making the composition of the photo meet my needs in the darkroom, I also had a ton of fun with double exposures and made sure that my local plant life had a story to tell, because that is really all I had to take pictures of without getting in trouble.
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As the weekend is almost upon her, teacher Selina Duboix has a special credit photo/camping trip set up for her students. With only five going on the trip to Sapphire Lake, they will be a handful for her to deal with and she is looking forward to making it out to nature to try and get them to open up with their photography. Not knowing the date of the trip, Selina’s boyfriend John Crenshaw is making plans of his own to propose to his love, and when finding out that his extravagant dinner plans will not work, he will need to come up with something on the fly while at the lake. Agreeing to go on the trip as well, John has no idea what the lake has in hold for him or the group, but one thing is for sure, it will be a trip that they will remember for a lifetime. 

Making a pit stop on the way to the lake, the group is hungry and tries to get some food before being cut off from civilization for a night. Even though the bar seems to be fine for their needs, a couple of the locals take a liking to the young girls that have invaded their territory and want to get to know them a little bit better. Seeing that the good old boys will not leave without a fight, John calls upon his Navy Seals training and takes care of the disturbance with little issue. Meeting the town sheriff after the fight, John, Selina and their group make their way up the hill to the lake and plan on staying out of trouble for the rest of their trip.

Finding a suitable place to set up camp, the group gets unpacked and receives their directions on what to do while in the great outdoors from Selina. John has a plan of his own and finds himself partially babysitting and creating a memorable event that his girlfriend will never forget. Popping the question, the two adults get engaged on the trip and Selina’s class sees how happy she is. But when leaving the camp to get more wood for the fire, John sees that the woods have come alive with a group of cannibals that are looking to put a major kink in the rest of their trip. Being able to fight off a few of the attackers, John has no idea what is in store for his fiancé and her students as the oldest family in the territory has laid claim to everyone that has ever walked in their woods.

When reading the quick description on this movie, I thought zombies would be in the mix, but I was wrong as the threat is living people that also like to eat the flesh of their victims, Cannibals! What made the storyline work for this, is the backstory that was told by one of the leaders in the camp, who is trying to evade the law and sell as much meth as he possibly can to leave the country. There is something about an inbred race of cannibals that has been exposed to radiation over the years that is pretty terrifying and keeping their blood line going by keeping the women alive for breeding purposes, well, I guess you can figure out what happens on a daily basis. I liked the addition of order to the cannibals’ camp, it added something different that you don’t usually see in a camp like this and while it did not save many lives, it did give John the motivation to fight and find the survivors of his group before they suffered too badly. With sex, drugs, meth, cannibals, camping, tongue sandwiches and plenty of splatter, it is an overall fun movie to get lost in, especially if you need a reason not to go camping with your significant other. Stay Scared.

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